Image capture apparatus having image stabilization function and control method for same

An image capture apparatus having an image capture mode in which a moving picture, captured for a period of time which comprises at least one of a duration of a specific length of time before capture of a still picture and a duration of the specific length of time after capture of the still picture, is recorded along with the still picture, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory unit that buffers the moving picture captured for the specific length of time;
• and
• an image stabilization control unit that performs image stabilization with an image stabilization unit according to shake of the apparatus, the image stabilization control unit having a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode,
• wherein the image stabilization control unit performs image stabilization without using the second image stabilization mode when the moving picture is being buffered by the memory unit, and
• wherein the shake component to be corrected in the second image stabilization mode has a wider frequency band than the shake component to be corrected in the first image stabilization mode.

An image capture apparatus having an image capture mode in which a moving picture, captured for a period of time which comprises at least one of a duration of a specific length of time before capture of a still picture and a duration of the specific length of time after capture of the still picture, is recorded along with the still picture, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory unit that buffers the moving picture captured for the specific length of time;
• and
• an image stabilization control unit that performs image stabilization with an image stabilization unit according to shake of the apparatus, the image stabilization control unit having a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode in which a shake component not corrected in the first image stabilization mode can be corrected,
• wherein the image stabilization control unit performs image stabilization without using the second image stabilization mode when the moving picture is being buffered by the memory unit, and
• wherein the second image stabilization mode is a translational shake correction function in which translational shake of the apparatus is corrected when the subject distance and the magnification of an imaging optical system are in a predetermined macro region, or a fixed point photography correction function in which the correction capability is enhanced for shake with a low frequency when the focal distance of the imaging optical system is more than or equal to a specific value.

A control method for an image capture apparatus comprising memory unit that buffers a moving picture captured for a specific length of time, and having an image capture mode in which a moving picture, captured for a period of time which comprises at least one of a duration of a specific length of time before capture of a still picture and a duration of the specific length of time after capture of the still picture, is recorded along with the still picture, the control method comprising:

• an image stabilization control step in which image stabilization is performed with image stabilization unit according to shake of the apparatus,
• wherein in the image stabilization control step, of a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode in which a shake component not corrected in the first image stabilization mode can be corrected, image stabilization is performed without using the second image stabilization mode when the moving picture is being buffered into the memory unit,
• wherein the second image stabilization mode is a translational shake correction function in which translational shake of the apparatus is corrected when the subject distance and the magnification of an imaging optical system are in a predetermined macro region, or a fixed point photography correction function in which the correction capability is enhanced for shake with a low frequency when the focal distance of the imaging optical system is more than or equal to a specific value.

An image capture apparatus having an image capture mode in which a moving picture, captured for a period of time which comprises at least one of a duration of a specific length of time before capture of a still picture and a duration of the specific length of time after capture of the still picture, is recorded along with the still picture, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory unit that buffers the moving picture captured for the specific length of time;
• and
• an image stabilization control unit that performs image stabilization with an image stabilization unit according to shake of the apparatus, the image stabilization control unit having a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode,
• wherein the image stabilization control unit performs image stabilization using the first image stabilization mode when the moving picture is being buffered by the memory unit,
• wherein the image stabilization control unit performs image stabilization using the second image stabilization mode when the still picture is being buffered by the memory unit,
• wherein image shake caused by rotational shake is corrected in the first image stabilization mode, and in the second image stabilization mode, image shake caused by translational shake in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis is corrected in addition to the rotational shake.

An image capture apparatus having an image capture mode in which a moving picture, captured for a period of time which comprises at least one of a duration of a specific length of time before capture of a still picture and a duration of the specific length of time after capture of the still picture, is recorded along with the still picture, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory unit that buffers the moving picture captured for the specific length of time;
• and
• an image stabilization control unit that performs image stabilization with an image stabilization unit according to shake of the apparatus, the image stabilization control unit having a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode,
• wherein the image stabilization control unit performs image stabilization using the first image stabilization mode when the moving picture is being buffered by the memory unit,
• wherein the image stabilization control unit performs image stabilization using the second image stabilization mode when the still picture is being buffered by the memory unit,
• wherein the shake component to be corrected in the second image stabilization mode has a wider frequency band than the shake component to be corrected in the first image stabilization mode.